4. Popular topics 1
(# of accepts/# of submissions)
• Analysis of software ecosystems and mining of
repositories across multiple projects (11/34, 32%)
• Approaches, applications, and tools for software
repository mining (8/29, 29%)
• Characterization, classification, and prediction of
software defects based on analysis of software
repositories (12/26, 46%)
• Analysis of change patterns and trends to assist in
future development (8/22, 36%)
• Analysis of natural language artifacts in software
repositories (5/17, 29%)
5. Popular topics 1
(# of accepts/# of submissions)
•Prediction of future software qualities via analysis of
software repositories (2/16, 12%)
•Empirical studies on extracting data from repositories of
large long-lived and/or industrial projects (4/13, 32%)
•Models of software project evolution based on historical
repository data (6/13, 46%)
•Techniques and tools for capturing new forms of data for
storage in software repositories, such as effort data,
fine-grained changes, and refactoring (4/13, 31%)
•Models for social and development processes that occur in
large software projects (4/12, 33%)
6. Selection Process
Each paper reviewed by three PC members
Open e-discussion held on all papers taken
into consideration for acceptance
List of accepted papers available to PC
members 48 hours before notification
7. Thanks to...
PC Members of research/practice,
data showcase and challenge track
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Additional reviewers
9. The Program Overview
• 1 keynote
• 12 interesting technical sessions
• 1 challenge and 1 data showcase
• working lunches (with short paper and data
showcase posters)
10. MSR Sessions
presentation presentation presentation discussion
12 min for full paper presentations
+ 3 min QA
5 min for short papers
!
About 30-15 min of discussion at the end of each session
